Adjustable pole-socket.



No. 650,272. Patented May 22, |900. F. PERRY.

ADJUSTABLE POLE SOCKET.

(Application led Jan. 13, 1900.)

(No Model.)

/N VEN Tof? A WORN/SYS 4 l UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

FRANK PERRY, or NEW YoRK, N. Y., AssiGNoR To THE J. KRoDER ANB u. REUBEL COMPANY, or SAME PLACE.

ADJUSTABLE POLE-songer.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,272, dated lvry `e2, 1966. Application filed J' aimy 13,1900. Serial No. 1.317. (No model.)

To tu whom, may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK PERRY, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Adjustable Pole-Socket, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to curtain-poles extending between door jambs or windowframes; and its object is to provide a new and improved :adjustable pole-socket arranged to permit of convenient fastening to a door or window t'o' securely hold the-pole in place without danger of becoming loose or accidentally unfastened and to allow of conveniently removing the pole from its position at the door or window Whenever desired.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective view of the improvement as applied and with the pole detached from the socket. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the improvement on the line 2 2 in Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similar view of a modified form of the improvement, and Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the same on the line 5 5 in Fig. 4.

The adjustable pole-socket illustrated in Figs. l, 2, and 3 consists of an attaching member A and a pole member B, of which the member A is adapted to be fastened by screws C or by nails or other devices to the inside of a door-jamb or window-casing D, and the other member B is adapted to receive the end of the pole E, as shown in Fig. 1. The members A and B are preferably made of sheet metal, the member A being formed with a plate A' and a raised annular shoulder A2, into which fits the outer end of the cylindrical casing B' of the member B, as is illustrated in Fig. 3. The screws C engage the plate A', and the latter is provided with a plurality of recesses A3, into each of which extends a tongue A4, struck out of the material of which the plate A is made, said tongues A4 being arranged Vin a circle, as is plainly shown in Fig. l. The recesses As are adapted to be engaged by loops B3, struck up from the end B2 of the member B, and when the latter has been placed in position on the member A and the loops have passed into the recesses A3 then upon turning the member B on the member A the loops B3 are caused to engage the tongues A4, so as to lock the two members A and B together, and to hold the same against longitudinal movement. On each of the tongues A4 is formed a hump or projection Aadapted to abut against the end of the corresponding loop BS when the latter is in a final position, (see Fig. 2) to prevent accidental unlocking of the members unless sufficient power is employed to turn the member B backward on the member A and swing the tongues A4 rearward for the loops B3 to pass over the projections and finally into the enlarged end of the recess A3, when the member B will be unlocked from the member A and can be re- 'mOVed 'from the baule.

In the arrangement illustrated in Figsl and 5 a tongue Ai is formed in the rim A7 of a member A8, fastened to the door jamb or casing D', and said tongue extends into a bayonet-slot A, into which is adapted to pass a loop B4, formed on the rim of a cylindrical member B5, receiving the end of the pole E. In this case the member B5 is passed over the rim A7, the loop B4 passing into the open end of the recess A9, and then by turning the member B5 on the rim A7 the loop B4 engages the tongue A6 and holds the two members from longitudinal movement, it being understood that the tongue Ao is formed with a hump or projection to engage the end of the loop, so as to lock the members together against an accidental turning movement, the same as above described in reference to the construction illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

From the foregoing it is evident that the two members A and B of the pole-socket can be readily locked together to prevent accidental unlocking and at the same time allow an operator to unlock and remove the members one from the other to `take'dovvn the pole E whenever desired. As the two members are each formed of a single piece of material and are struck up by suitable tools to produce the desired elements above described, it is evident that the socket ca n be verycheaply constructed, andno extra'labor is-required; and the two members can be'readily lo'c'kedtof-A gether or unlocked for the purpose described, as above set forth. ff

Having thus fullydescribed xyinvention, I claim as new and PatentV y 1. An adjustable pole-socket, comprising-a plate adapted to be secured to a`door`or 'win l dow casing, havingan annular shoulderand provided with a pluralityof slots or recesses and withY a tongue projecting into each s lot or recess, anda casing adapted to receive the end of appele and provided with loops projecting from its end, substantially as described.

2,. An adjustable pole-socket, comprising a plate, adapted to" be secured to a Window or door casing,having an annular projection and provided with a slot and a spring-tongue projecting into the slot, and a cas-ing adapted to receive the end of a pole and provided with a loop or socket `projecting into the said desire to secure by Letters slot and adapted-to be engaged by the springtongue, substantially as described.

Q3.' An adjustable pole-socket, comprising a plateadapted to be secured to a door or window casing, having an annular projection and provided with a plurality of slots or recesses,

gand' with -rtongprue projecting into each slotor recess;each-tngue being provided with a h'implorlug, anda casing adapted to receive the end of a pole and provided with loops projecting from its end, substantially as described.

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4;. An adjustable pole-socketkcomprising a l 

